Green Approaches in Building Design and Management Practices: Windows of Opportunity Towards Circularity (Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction)

This book examines green transition and circular economy in the fields of building design and Real Estate management. By outlining windows for seizing the opportunity to integrate circular approaches in current building practices, the book provides information tools to support building stakeholders (e.g. building designer and managers, manufacturers, Real Estate owners, maintenance operators, facility managers, etc.) in: (i) understanding circular re-strategies (e.g. reuse, remanufacturing, repurposing, etc.), the related requirements and the pre-conditions for their implementation within building design and management practices; (ii) reviewing design approaches at the product and building scale, also highlighting new circularity-related contents for the Briefing Documents; (iii) developing circular organizational and contract models for the procurement of Facility Management services, also integrating new circularity-related contents in Invitations to Tenders (ITTs); and (iv) assessing the quality and the effectiveness of circular practices, also highlighting circularity performance metrics and indicators in the context of corporate sustainability reporting. Preface Acknowledgements Contents 1 Circular Re-strategies in Building Design and Management: Reviewing Basic Concepts 1.1 Green Versus Disposal: Introducing Resource-Resource Models 1.2 Pay-for-Use Versus Pay-for-New: Reshaping Value Creation 1.3 Circular Versus Linear Information Management: Boosting Process Innovation References 2 Circularity Integration in Building Practices: Windows of Opportunity 2.1 Circularity Within Building Process: The Three Key Windows of Opportunity 2.2 Formalization of Circular Practices by Reviewing and Integrating Existing Documents and Tools 2.2.1 Development of the Briefing Documents (BDs) for Building Design. Definition of Project Objectives and Design Principles 2.2.2 Development of Invitations to Tenders (ITTs) for the Provision of Building Products and Services 2.2.3 Development of Sustainability and Circularity Assessment Reports 2.3 Role of Stakeholder Networks in Seizing the Opportunities of Circularity Integration Within Building Practices References 3 Requesting Circular Design Approaches: Integration of Briefing Documents (BDs) for Building Design 3.1 Level(s): Reviewing Design Approaches and Introducing New Requirements Towards Design-for-Circularity 3.1.1 EU Level(s) Indicator 2.2 “Construction and Demolition Waste and Materials” 3.1.2 EU Level(s) Indicator 2.3 “Design for Adaptability and Renovation” 3.1.3 EU Level(s) Indicator 2.4 “Design for Deconstruction, Reuse and Recycling” 3.2 Existing Support Tools for Circularity in Building Design: Features and Added Value 3.2.1 The Contribution of the International Standards ISO 20887 “Sustainability in Buildings and Civil Engineering Works. Design for Disassembly and Adaptability” 3.2.2 “Circular Buildings Toolkit” by ARUP and Ellen MacArthur Foundation for the Design of Circular Buildings 3.3 Adding New Contents to Briefing Documents (BDs) for Building Design References 4 Circular Provision of Building Products and Services: Integration of Invitations to Tender (ITTs) 4.1 New Circular Approaches to the Procurement of Building Products and Services 4.2 Circular Procurement for a Sustainable Building Management 4.2.1 The Contribution of the “Circular Economy Procurement Framework” by Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Integrating Circularity in the Procurement Journey 4.2.2 Circular Models for Procurement: The Contribution of the ISO/DIS 59010 “Circular Economy. Guidance on the Transition of Business Models and Value Networks” 4.3 Integrating ITTs: New Circularity Requirements for Building Products and Services Procurement References 5 Assessing Circular Practices: New Reporting Requirements for the Building Stakeholders 5.1 EU Taxonomy, CSRD and ESRS: New Obligations for Sustainability Reporting 5.2 Circularity Assessment: Review of Voluntary Tools and Support Guidelines 5.2.1 The ISO/DIS 59020 International Standard: Towards a Common Guideline to Measure and Assess Circularity 5.2.2 Circulytics by Ellen MacArthur Foundation 5.2.3 Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) by WBCSD 5.3 Reporting Circular Practices Within Building Management and Related Performance: Emerging Needs and Game Changers References 6 Conclusions Glossary